Ok so day 2 and I’m feeling the game a lot more. I still suck with law and cammy but I’m accepting the fact that I wont be 1 of the top guys regionally anymore like I was in sf4. The game does have some issues I hope get addressed in the"super"edition but for now it’s pretty much what I expected it to be. I’ve had the chance to improve my footsies game after my long absence away from fighters so hopefully I can still compete well enough against good opponents.
I still have the goal of being one of the top guys regionally between sask/ab/man like I was in sf4 and preferably with the same complete dominace. I gotta start small though so far now I wanna run some sets against the Regina guys and see how where I stand. I will delay the shit talk for now until I know I can win:)
LMAO wow 3 consecutive post…c’mon dudes I have no idea how this thread is even less active then before. We got a brand new game to get hyped about, we should be exchanging tech and running sets and trying to help each other improve. I cant always sustain interest in the community with drama ya know lol.
Anyways my cammy is the only shred of redemption I have in this game…law fucking sucks. He has no range, no mobility, terrible normals and absolutely no reliable AAs. He cant handle pressure whatsoever and it feels like all I can do just block and wait for some fluke miracle execution error on the part of my opponent to punish. I want to drop him but I have no clue who could replace him so Ill "man up"and accept his limitations…but I wouldnt be shocked to find out that he is near bottom tier once the tier list gets finalized.
I played a fairly decent vega today in ranked and damn…vega is INSANE in this game. He almost reminds me of ST vega with fast walk speed, safe everything and high damaging combos. With law all I could literally do was block and hope he would go for a jump so i could dash under and reset the position. Vega only has to literally downback and press buttons to win it feels like, in fact I suspect thats what high level vega play will look like once people discover him. …it will be 3s chun all over again lol.
Dunno, so far my impressions of the game have been positive. Haven’t really found anyone I hate playing as (save for the damn Bear, almost as annoying to me as Blanka is…). Despite the fact that I have no Adon or T Hawk, things are working out pretty well. I don’t really care to play as Hugo, I just don’t really find it fun. Really liking King, but I’m finding that two decades of nearly sole SF play has rendered me unable to effectively use the Tekken characters; but slowly things are coming together.
Vega… I don’t know. If he loses his claw he’s really up a creek without a paddle. And I still think Akuma is absolutely awesome in this game (he’s also got one of the coolest Supers as well, MUCH improved over his shitty-looking U2 in SSF4).
Although I’m having a really weird issue with the controller where I can’t jump at an angle, back or forth, properly. I’m not sure if the input is different, if the FPS Freeks are causing the issue, or if my controller is dying. I’m used to having shitty execution due to the unfavorable design of the 360 Controller, but when you can’t even reliably jump in… Well, it’s a pretty crappy situation.
I do like the game but it feels somewhat incomplete…like most modern capcom fighters on their 1st release haha. I was talking to flashmetroid a few hours ago and he told me he thinks the top characters in this game are"[LEFT]dhalsim, juri, steve, nina, chun, gief, jin". From the few top players Ive chatted with over the tiers, it seems like they all agree on steve being the best in the game.[/LEFT]
[LEFT]He also thinks vega is S tier but personally I suspect he might be the best character. He can literally just crouch normal spam all day and you cant really approaching him without the risk of getting tagged. He also thought cammy sucked and had no strong opinion on law…looks like im rocking a low tier team woohoo! [/LEFT]
There’s 38 characters in the game, with more coming as DLC later. Surely someone with as much SF skill as yourself should be able to pick up a character not named Fei Long?
Its like how daigo always gravitates to shotos in any game he plays in. Im trying my best with cammy and law but law feels unnatural to me, he has no range and cant really play a good footsie game. Im almost tempted to pick up vega since vega has the same general meta game as fei…plus vega is looking to be quite a monster this time around.
Also there is no character from capcom’s side who appeals to me outside poison but everyone is picking her and everyone else just feels dull. I used to main yoshi back in the day so maybe I shall return to him if law doesnt work out. Most of my matches have been lost because my cammy has been fighting off 2 characters by herself, law seems nearly worthless imo.
I don’t mind it right now and i’m giving it an honest chance. So many characters to choose from that are all really good so finding two right now and synergy is the challenge for me. Online seemed ok. I played Merlin last night and there wasn’t much lag but the sound bug is really annoying.
Is offensive to everyone he meets. Kills the scene. Has no clue why people won’t talk to him.
No one wants to have anything to do with you, figure it out. I don’t know how you can come in here and play it off like you haven’t been ridiculously offensive to everyone for years.
Yeah the online is surprisingly pretty smooth…well I guess it’s sf4 quality. I havent played anyone regionally yet so I imagine it will be better once I do. I’ll also be upgrading my connection again!
Man today was brutal…20 lost games in a row in ranked matches. I was doing good for the first hour but then just hit a massive wall. Fuck I’m pissed, it doubtful I’ll ever be as good as I was in sf4 at this rate.
Edit:
Wait does this game have alpha counter!!!
Fuck that would have made things a whole lot easier.
I thought law had some potential but I’m convinced he is one of the worst characters in the game. His normals have no priority and have terrible range…not to mention they are almost all punishable regardless of the spacing. His specials don’t help all that much since they all lack range and have relatively slow start-up. I suppose most of them being safe does give them some redeeming quality but what good does it do when you have to be a point blank range to fully exploit them. His target combos are decent enough I suppose but are easy to avoid and leave him fully exposed if blocked…so any pressure tactic he has is either unsafe or unpractical due to his extremely limited range. His worst offense by far though is the lack of any reliable AA pokes or a good DP. There is literally nothing to prevent a opponent form jumping in on law regardless of the distance, and his only upward arching normal(D+HP)has such terribly slow start-up that you would need to be some kind of fucking psychic to guess the perfect timing in which it could possibly hit someone jumping in…oh and lets not forget he is vulnerable for quite a considerable amount of time should he whiff. His DP does not remedy this situation at all, it has virtually no invincibility on and you have to hit it at the height of its arch in order to properly AA. I suppose the EX version is good enough of a DP but if law has no meter he cant do shit against someone coming in from the air.
His only benefit is a high damaging meterless combo but its mute when you consider that he cant space,cant pressure and cant handle pressure. I assumed I was playing him wrong but I had the chance to play some good(well good by week 1 standards)law players and they all pretty much played exactly to the same way I did. I could possibly be missing something but as it stands currently, he appears to be 1 of the weakest characters in the game IMO. Maybe some high level player will need to rock him in a tournament to show me what I’m doing wrong because from my experience so far he is FUCKING GARBAGE!
Well like infil said, there are 38 other characters in the game. You are just rehashing stuff you’ve already said. You think law is a bad character. So me ppl may like him. Move on to someone else then. No need to plead a case on why a character is bad in week 1 of the game. Lots of characters dont have reliable AAs but they make up for it in oter areas. Unless you have the guide and have gona through all 38 characters frame data its all realative. Keep playing that game and tough it out but its like you’re trying to convince us that law is a bad character when he very well may not be. Just like you tried to convince us that fei wasn’t S tier in AE. I’m sure you’ll find a character you like, just keep at it.
I was looking at the other characters and most of them seem decent. I’m trying to avoid using characters who are popular or top tier though. The 1 thing that annoys me about this game so far though is the lack of a wake-up game. I don’t get why they would include that gay ass roll or at the very least make it vulnerable on recovery.
There’s no strategy or skill to him…it’s literally just s.jab spam with the occasional rekka. Why make a footsie based game with characters who can win by button mashing. He’s about as bad as vega as far as just mindless button mashing is concerned!
Tomorrow (Saturday, March 10th) a few of us are going to be playing some SFxT at Dustin’s place. We’ll probably start up around noon-ish. I’ll be bringing my X360 as well so there will be a couple of setups (not expecting a whole lot due to short notice). Not too sure how long we’ll be playing. If you’re unaware of the address, message me and I’ll tell you. As per usual, bring your own stuff.
Good for you guys that’s good to hear and I hope it becomes a reoccurring thing for you guys. Use this thread to promote the game nights and also post on here if you can: